diff --git a/src/SArray.jl b/src/SArray.jl
index 767dad8b..6c6c8c96 100644
--- a/src/SArray.jl
+++ b/src/SArray.jl
@@ -237,3 +237,112 @@ end
 function promote_rule(::Type{<:SArray{S,T,N,L}}, ::Type{<:SArray{S,U,N,L}}) where {S,T,U,N,L}
     SArray{S,promote_type(T,U),N,L}
 end
+
+
+macro SA(ex)
+    if !isa(ex, Expr)
+        error("Bad input for @SA")
+    end
+
+    if ex.head == :vect  # vector
+        return esc(Expr(:call, SArray{Tuple{length(ex.args)}}, Expr(:tuple, ex.args...)))
+    elseif ex.head == :ref # typed, vector
+        return esc(Expr(:call, Expr(:curly, :SArray, Tuple{length(ex.args)-1}, ex.args[1]), Expr(:tuple, ex.args[2:end]...)))
+    elseif ex.head == :hcat # 1 x n
+        s1 = 1
+        s2 = length(ex.args)
+        return esc(Expr(:call, SArray{Tuple{s1, s2}}, Expr(:tuple, ex.args...)))
+    elseif ex.head == :typed_hcat # typed, 1 x n
+        s1 = 1
+        s2 = length(ex.args) - 1
+        return esc(Expr(:call, Expr(:curly, :SArray, Tuple{s1, s2}, ex.args[1]), Expr(:tuple, ex.args[2:end]...)))
+    elseif ex.head == :vcat
+        if isa(ex.args[1], Expr) && ex.args[1].head == :row # n x m
+            # Validate
+            s1 = length(ex.args)
+            s2s = map(i -> ((isa(ex.args[i], Expr) && ex.args[i].head == :row) ? length(ex.args[i].args) : 1), 1:s1)
+            s2 = minimum(s2s)
+            if maximum(s2s) != s2
+                error("Rows must be of matching lengths")
+            end
+
+            exprs = [ex.args[i].args[j] for i = 1:s1, j = 1:s2]
+            return esc(Expr(:call, SArray{Tuple{s1, s2}}, Expr(:tuple, exprs...)))
+        else # n x 1
+            return esc(Expr(:call, SArray{Tuple{length(ex.args), 1}}, Expr(:tuple, ex.args...)))
+        end
+    elseif ex.head == :typed_vcat
+        if isa(ex.args[2], Expr) && ex.args[2].head == :row # typed, n x m
+            # Validate
+            s1 = length(ex.args) - 1
+            s2s = map(i -> ((isa(ex.args[i+1], Expr) && ex.args[i+1].head == :row) ? length(ex.args[i+1].args) : 1), 1:s1)
+            s2 = minimum(s2s)
+            if maximum(s2s) != s2
+                error("Rows must be of matching lengths")
+            end
+
+            exprs = [ex.args[i+1].args[j] for i = 1:s1, j = 1:s2]
+            return esc(Expr(:call, Expr(:curly, :SArray, Tuple{s1, s2}, ex.args[1]), Expr(:tuple, exprs...)))
+        else # typed, n x 1
+            return esc(Expr(:call, Expr(:curly, :SArray, Tuple{length(ex.args)-1, 1}, ex.args[1]), Expr(:tuple, ex.args[2:end]...)))
+        end
+    elseif isa(ex, Expr) && ex.head == :comprehension
+        if length(ex.args) != 1 || !isa(ex.args[1], Expr) || ex.args[1].head != :generator
+            error("Expected generator in comprehension, e.g. [f(i,j) for i in 1:3, j in 1:3]")
+        end
+
+        ex = ex.args[1]
+        n_ranges = length(ex.args) - 1
+        range_vars = [ex.args[i+1].args[1] for i = 1:n_ranges]
+        ranges = [ex.args[i+1].args[2] for i = 1:n_ranges]
+        func = :(($(Expr(:tuple, range_vars...)) -> $(ex.args[1])))
+        
+        return quote
+            $(Expr(:call, :sarray_comprehension, func, ranges...))
+        end
+    elseif isa(ex, Expr) && ex.head == :typed_comprehension
+        if length(ex.args) != 2 || !isa(ex.args[2], Expr) || ex.args[2].head != :generator
+            error("Expected generator in typed comprehension, e.g. Float64[f(i,j) for i = 1:3, j = 1:3]")
+        end
+        T = ex.args[1]
+        ex = ex.args[2]
+        n_ranges = length(ex.args) - 1
+        range_vars = [ex.args[i+1].args[1] for i = 1:n_ranges]
+        ranges = [ex.args[i+1].args[2] for i = 1:n_ranges]
+        func = esc(:(($(Expr(:tuple, range_vars...)) -> $(ex.args[1]))))
+        
+        return quote
+            $(Expr(:call, :typed_sarray_comprehension, T, func, ranges...))
+        end
+    else
+        error("Bad input for @SA")
+    end
+end
+
+@inline function typed_sarray_comprehension(::Type{T}, f, range) where {T}
+    L = length(range)
+    _typed_sarray_comprehension(SVector{L,T}, f, range)
+end
+
+@inline function typed_sarray_comprehension(::Type{T}, f, range1, range2) where {T}
+    S1 = length(range1)
+    S2 = length(range2)
+    L = S1*S2
+    _typed_sarray_comprehension(SArray{Tuple{S1,S2},T,2,L}, f, range1,range2)
+end
+
+@generated function _typed_sarray_comprehension(::Type{SArray{S,T,N,L}}, f, range) where {S, T, N, L}
+    exprs = [:(f(range[$i])) for i in 1:L]
+    return quote
+        @_inline_meta
+        $(Expr(:call, SArray{S, T, N, L}, Expr(:tuple, exprs...)))
+    end
+end
+
+@generated function _typed_sarray_comprehension(::Type{SArray{Tuple{S1,S2},T,N,L}}, f, range1, range2) where {S1, S2, T, N, L}
+    exprs = [:(f(range1[$i1], range2[$i2])) for i1 in 1:S1, i2 in 1:S2]
+    return quote
+        @_inline_meta
+        $(Expr(:call, SArray{Tuple{S1,S2}, T, N, L}, Expr(:tuple, exprs...)))
+    end
+end
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diff --git a/src/StaticArrays.jl b/src/StaticArrays.jl
index 07c47438..54d97807 100644
--- a/src/StaticArrays.jl
+++ b/src/StaticArrays.jl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export SHermitianCompact
 
 export Size, Length
 
+export SA
 export @SVector, @SMatrix, @SArray
 export @MVector, @MMatrix, @MArray
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ include("SizedArray.jl")
 include("SDiagonal.jl")
 include("SHermitianCompact.jl")
 
+include("initializers.jl")
 include("convert.jl")
 
 include("abstractarray.jl")
diff --git a/src/initializers.jl b/src/initializers.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81abf879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/initializers.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""
+    SA[ array initializer ]
+
+A type for initializing static array literals using array construction syntax.
+Returns an `SVector` or `SMatrix`.
+
+# Examples:
+
+* `SA[x, y]` creates a length-2 SVector
+* `SA[a b; c d]` creates a 2×2 SMatrix
+* `SA[a b]` creates a 1×2 SMatrix
+"""
+struct SA ; end
+
+Base.getindex(::Type{SA}, xs...) = SVector(xs)
+Base.typed_vcat(::Type{SA}, xs::Number...) = SVector(xs)
+Base.typed_hcat(::Type{SA}, xs::Number...) = SMatrix{1,length(xs)}(xs)
+
+Base.@pure function _SA_hvcat_transposed_type(rows)
+    M = rows[1]
+    if any(r->r != M, rows)
+        # @pure may not throw... probably. See
+        # https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-pure-functions-throw-an-error/18459
+        return nothing
+    end
+    SMatrix{M,length(rows)}
+end
+
+@inline function Base.typed_hvcat(::Type{SA}, rows::Dims, xs::Number...)
+    mtype = _SA_hvcat_transposed_type(rows)
+    if mtype === nothing
+        throw(ArgumentError("SA[...] matrix rows of length $rows are inconsistent"))
+    end
+    # hvcat lowering is row major ordering, so must transpose
+    transpose(mtype(xs))
+end
+
+
diff --git a/test/initializers.jl b/test/initializers.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20643432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/initializers.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+SA_test_ref(x) = SA[1,x,x]
+@test @inferred(SA_test_ref(2))   === SVector{3,Int}((1,2,2))
+@test @inferred(SA_test_ref(2.0)) === SVector{3,Float64}((1,2,2))
+
+SA_test_vcat(x) = SA[1;x;x]
+@test @inferred(SA_test_vcat(2))   === SVector{3,Int}((1,2,2))
+@test @inferred(SA_test_vcat(2.0)) === SVector{3,Float64}((1,2,2))
+
+SA_test_hcat(x) = SA[1 x x]
+@test @inferred(SA_test_hcat(2))   === SMatrix{1,3,Int}((1,2,2))
+@test @inferred(SA_test_hcat(2.0)) === SMatrix{1,3,Float64}((1,2,2))
+
+SA_test_hvcat(x) = SA[1 x x;
+                      x 2 x]
+@test @inferred(SA_test_hvcat(3))   === SMatrix{2,3,Int}((1,3,3,2,3,3))
+@test @inferred(SA_test_hvcat(3.0)) === SMatrix{2,3,Float64}((1,3,3,2,3,3))
+@test @inferred(SA_test_hvcat(1.0im)) === SMatrix{2,3,ComplexF64}((1,1im,1im,2,1im,1im))
+
+@test SA[1] === SVector{1,Int}((1))
+
+@test_throws ArgumentError("SA[...] matrix rows of length (3, 2) are inconsistent") SA[1 2 3;
+                                                                                       4 5]
+@test_throws ArgumentError("SA[...] matrix rows of length (2, 3) are inconsistent") SA[1 2;
+                                                                                       3 4 5]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 279cb7ad..339ee1f5 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ include("convert.jl")
 include("core.jl")
 include("abstractarray.jl")
 include("indexing.jl")
+include("initializers.jl")
 Random.seed!(42); include("mapreduce.jl")
 Random.seed!(42); include("arraymath.jl")
 include("broadcast.jl")